The effects of age/maturation, grade, amount of school exposure, and early or late entry into school, on mathematics and executive function skills of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students was examined. The sample consists of four-and five-year...

Amphiphilic polymers are a subset of macromolecules that exhibit both hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties within their covalently bonded structures. Because of the differing solubilities of the contrasting regions of the amphiphilic polymers, they...

The objective of this project is to develop novel treatments, using expression-targeted gene therapy and minicell technology, to replace current methodologies used in the clinic for the treatment of carcinomas, especially transitional cell...

This dissertation can be divided into two parts project goals. The first one is the synthesis of rhenium (Re) complexes which are potential reverse saturable absorber (RSA) materials. The second one is the polymerization of ruthenium (Ru)...

The goal of this research is to study the neutralization of sulfuric acid by engine oils, and more specifically study how the presence of different oil additives affects the acid-neutralizing performance of engine oils by using capillary...

The active human retrotransposon L1 is the most prevalent human retroelement, constituting 17% of the mass of the human genome and contributing significantly to mutagenesis. L1 mutagenizes human genomes in a number of ways including insertional...

MiR-17-92 is an oncogenic miRNA cluster implicated in the development of several human cancers; however, it remains unknown whether miR-17-92 cluster is able to regulate hepatobiliary carcinogenesis. This study was designed to investigate the...

An Honors Thesis Presented to The University Honors Program of Loyola University New Orleans In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with University Honors

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small, noncoding RNAs that modulate the translation of genes into proteins by binding to specific target sites in messenger RNAs. This study investigated the biological function and molecular mechanism of...

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) suppress effector immune responses and have been implicated in promoting chronic viral infections. Their role during influenza infection and vaccination, however, is still unclear. Influenza is a major public health...

Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease that primarily affects the salivary and lacrimal glands. These structures become extensively infiltrated with lymphocytes and plasma cells. Glandular architecture is disrupted, resulting in...

Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) are regarded as a promising alternative of traditional II-VI quantum dots in the field of bio-applications due to their photoluminescence and bio-compatibility. Chapter 1 reviews various synthetic routes and...

In order to provide an improved in vitro model with which to investigate human diseases, such as cancer that may be promoted by toxicant exposure, we have characterized a newly developed cell line derived from the renal proximal tubule epithelial...